Can a critique of art critique politics by proxy? Visiting from New York, Spike columnist Travis Diehl read from A Snake Whistles, his new book-length essay on the ambivalence of poetry in a polarized age, and montaged the very strange historical paintings animating right-wing American art.

Hard copies of A Snake Whistles were complimentary, courtesy S*I*G Verlag.

Spike Berlin
Goebenstr. 22, 10783 Berlin
Friday, 5 December 2025
7–10pm

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TRAVIS DIEHL is a writer, editor, and critic based in New York. His Spike arts & culture column, “Libra Season,” runs the last Wednesday of the month.